DAVIS, Calif. -- UC Davis captured straight-set wins at Nos. 1, 2 and 5 to claim a 3-2 victory against visiting Pacific in non-conference women's beach volleyball action at the campus's new courts on Howard Way Saturday. The Aggies even their record at 8-8. The Tigers, who lost to Oregon in the day's early match, slip to 0-12 for the year.
The No. 1 team of sophomore
Paloma Bowman and freshman
Josephine Ough, the reigning Big West Conference Pairs Team of the Week, dispatched Pacific's Leo Gabby and Alex Holt by scores of 21-16 and 21-7. Junior
Lauren Matias teamed up with redshirt junior
Heather Reed for the first time this season, earning a 21-11, 21-13 victory over Tigers Kennedy Kaminsky and Lucy Carpenter at No. 2.
Finally, the No. 5 tandem of freshman
Nicole Andrade and junior
Ally Reyes scored its fourth consecutive victory, sweeping Pacific's team of Sarah Bethea and Jadyn Tubbs by 21-7, 21-12 decisions.
This marks the Aggies' second win in as many weekends over the Tigers, as UC Davis earned a 4-1 neutral-site victory one week prior at Sacramento State's Livemore Park.
The Aggies will close its regular season by hosting two-year programs Sierra College and Gavilan College for a tripleheader on Wednesday. This will also provide a reunion for UC Davis sophomore
Savanah Schroeder, who transferred from Sierra College to join the Aggies in their inaugural beach season in 2018-19.
UC DAVIS 3, PACIFIC 2
1.
Paloma Bowman/
Josephine Ough (UC Davis) def. Leo Gabby/Alex Holt (Pacific), 21-16, 21-7
2.
Lauren Matias/
Heather Reed (UC Davis) def. Kennedy Kaminsky/Lucy Carpenter (Pacific), 21-11, 21-13
3. Allison Dennemann/Riley Patterson (Pacific) def.
Savanah Schroeder/
Katherine Kedeshian (UC Davis), 21-16, 21-8
4. Lauren Cline/Hanne De Schrijver (Pacific) def.
Rose Holscher/
Demari Webb (UC Davis), 21-15, 16-21, 15-13
5.
Nicole Andrade/
Ally Reyes (UC Davis) def. Sarah Bethea/Jadyn Tubbs (Pacific), 21-7, 21-12
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